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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:27:48 MST
To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
Date: 16 Oct 1995 08:08:48 -0500
From: gmribeir@david.wheaton.edu (Glauber Ribeiro)
Message-Id: <45tlh0$37h@david.wheaton.edu>
Organization: The Bossa Nova University
Sender: icon-group-request@cs.arizona.edu
Subject: Looking for a carton-packing algorithm
Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
Sorry this is not a specifically Icon issue, but i know Icon
people are interested in this kind or "real-world" problem, so
maybe someone here can at least give me pointers.
I'm writing a warehouse-management program, and part of the
shipping side of it is assigning the right size carton to ship an
order. We have the carton sizes, and the sizes of the several
items. How to find a carton that will fit the items we want to
ship?
The solution doesn't need to be optimal, but it must work 80% of
the time or more. It is better to err towards a carton that is
too large than too small.
I appreciate any help or pointers. If at all possible, PLEASE
EMAIL, because i've been too busy to check news every day, and
things expire very quickly in this site.
Thank you very much.
glauber
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